Emperor of Germany Three Days at the Pope’s Gate, from Wonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685), added on 10th June 2026

The woodcut illustrated the Emperor of Germany, King Henry IV, waiting barefoot in the snow for three days along with his wife and son, outside Canossa Castle in italy, to beg the Pope for forgiveness—so incredibly elevated in power and corrupt were the Popes of the time. This was in the year 1077. (read more...)